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The worst tyrants are those which establish themselves in our own breasts.
William Ellery Channing
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William Ellery Channing
Age: 62 †
Born: 1780
Born: April 7
Died: 1842
Died: October 2
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Newport
Rhode Island
Reverend William Ellery Channing
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Fix your eyes on perfection and you make almost everything speed towards it.
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We must not waste life in devising means. It is better to plan less and do more.
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A man in earnest finds means or, if he cannot find, creates them.
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We never know a greater character unless there is in ourselves something congenial to it.
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Did any man at his death ever regret his conflicts with himself, his victories over appetite, his scorn of impure pleasure, or his sufferings for righteousness' sake?
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Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
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A man may quarrel with himself alone that is, by controverting his better instincts and knowledge when brought face to face with temptation.
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